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Comparing shots from the Watchmen trailer to Alan Moore’s graphic novel.
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WATCHMEN Trailer C. Best seen in YouTube HD and fullscreen – Amazing and official. Bonus content available after the Trailer includes an exclusive interview with Director Zack Snyder, and Behind the Scenes videos. Special Thanks to Paramount and network PR for allowing me the exclusive privilege of bringing the Watchmen Trailer to youtube Direct from official sources and in the highest quality available on youtube. Watchmen A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure,Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the watchmen? from IMDB; In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is …
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A book report video made for English class on Alan Moore’s graphic novel. ________________________ Written & Directed by Drew Marubashi Starring: Drew Marubashi Alex Evans
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Will Pop Culture Embrace ‘Watchmen’?

Something old, Something new. Something borrowed, Something blue.

As a sporadic comic book fan growing up in the 1980′s, one would think the original 12-issue graphic novel ‘Watchmen’ would be among the stack of comic books I collected over the last two and a half decades but you would be wrong. I didn’t discover Watchmen until several years after it had already been published. Even then, once I was informed that only one of the so called “superheroes” in the novel actually has superpowers, I completely lost interest in reading it. Flash forward to 2007 when news broke that a ‘Watchmen’ movie was in production. My interest was rekindled. A ‘Watchmen’ movie? Why would they make a ‘Watchmen’ movie before ‘The Justice League of America’, ‘Avengers’, or even the plucky ‘Teen Titans’ I wondered? The fanboy sites caught on fire. It was like someone finally made a movie for them. Not just because it was the popular thing to do.

I decided to borrow the graphic novel from a friend to investigate what all the excitement was about. I was blown away. Writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons are brilliant. They transcend the medium. This is not merely a comic book or a graphic novel, this is an extraordinary piece of literature. Now I became just as excited as the fans who waited decades to see the movie. How could they have waited this long? Maybe my ignorance spared me some sort of unnecessary frustration. Pictures of the characters were released online. It was like feeding morsels of cheese to starving mice. The fanboys went crazy. Then the complaints came. Why are the actors so young? They’re supposed to be retired superheros, right? Why is Rorschach so short? Dan Dreiberg should have a pot belly like he does in the graphic novel. Rumors followed. The script changed the original ending and no “Tales of the Black Freighter” in-story narrative. Then the trailer calmed the doubters. Director Zack Snyder was religiously faithful to the heart of the graphic novel in ways that mattered visually and verbally. The integrity of the novel and its violent depiction of an alternate 1985 America was not compromised for the moviegoing demographic and big box office returns.

Watching Watchmen.

Perhaps a more fitting title would have been “Will Pop Culture Embrace ‘Watchmen’? Maybe it Has Already.” What does ‘Ghost’ (1990) and ‘Watchmen’ have in common? Ask “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof. The graphic novel has had a near subliminal effect on pop culture over the decades. Is the memorable scene of Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze kissing at the end of the film inspired by a similar smooch from the graphic novel? Lindelof cites ‘Watchmen’ comic’s use of origin-story flashbacks and hidden clues as a major influence on his hit TV series.

There isn’t a single doubt that fans of the graphic novel will flock to the theaters to see ‘Watchmen’ but will it be embraced or ignored by pop culture? So far Hollywood has adapted three of Alan Moore’s graphic novels: ‘From Hell’ (2001), ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ (2003) and ‘V for Vendetta’ (2005). All of those films featured big stars but under performed at the box-office. Snyder has a different approach. He cast up-and-coming; not well-known actors, in hope moviegoers will see the characters not stars onscreen. But you have to get them into the theaters first. Warner Bros. has been working overtime distributing promotional material, attending movie conventions, posting online Video Journals, clips, posters, buying expensive TV spots, selling video games, toys and soundtracks — not to mention selling millions of books. All while battling 20th Century Fox over rights to the film. Still I doubt the movie will become a pop culture phenomenon on the same level as ‘X-Men’ or ‘The Fantastic Four’. Besides do you really want your kids eating cereal with a picture of the masked vigilante Rorschach on the box? I shutter at the thought. – John Villoch, Movienewz.com

Classic cartoon intro ripped from an old VHS, enjoy!! Watch the digitally remastered swf here: www.newgrounds.com Download mp3 here: www.newgrounds.com I’m kidding, this is an animation which I made, thanks to everyone for the attention and praise it has received. Thanks to Hans Van Harken and Josh Tomar for voicing Ozymandias and Bubastis respectively. All other voices, singing, music and animation by yours truly. Check out the Wikipedia article here: en.wikipedia.org Lyrics: Strong together, united forever They’re the best of friends But when troubles about, you’d best watch out For the Watchmen! Nite Owl is their leader And he loves to party down Rorschach’s friends to the animals… “Yeah, when he’s not clowning around” “I’m nutty!” Beat up some thugs, say no to drugs Be in bed by 10 But if troubles about, you’d best watch out For the Watchmen! Silk Spectres a sensation You should really never miss The Comedian’s her biggest fan now… “If I could only get that kiss!” Ozy and Bubastis – a couple o’ Crimesolving superstars Jon can give you cancer and he’ll turn into a car Strong together, united forever Come and meet your friends Have no fear, times up, times here For the Watchmen! WATCH OUT!
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Watchmen: a Deconstructed Graphic Novel

Watchmen was published in an era when the comic book genre was dominated by superheroes and antiheroes with black and white views about good and evil. It is a parody of the overman in dystopia. A combination of dark, pulp, and deconstructed comic book style, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon offered something that caters to both comic book aficionados and common readers.

Watchmen is not your typical graphic novel. It defies all other conventions in the comic book genre and deviates from the usual larger-than-life comic book characters we have come to know. Instead of an alien from Krypton or a dark knight in a bat mobile, Watchmen offers a different set of superheroes with insecurities, imperfections, and emotional disturbances.

The graphic novel is somewhat an oxymoron. On one hand, this is slated to a wider range of audience, but this doesn’t make the graphic novel an easy read. It is designed to be read more than once. Watchmen brings the readers into a dynamic state, into a questioning mode of thinking. Every encounter with this comic book elicits a different response from readers. As said by Moore and Gibbon in an interview, they intended the graphic novel to hold different meanings to different people.

The art and structure of the graphic novel are equally fascinating and original as its content. Watchmen showcases unseen features of the comics medium and puts its strong points to the fore. In an interview, Moore said, “What I’d like to explore is the areas that comics succeed in where no other media is capable of operating”. The graphic novel became ultimately different from the movies.

What’s more unique about the art is that it exploits the use of panels. The creators really intended its panels to be distinct from other comic books. The use of symbolisms is also superb giving reference to the story’s theme. This is why reading the graphic novel once betrays the purpose of the act of reading Watchmen. As the plot thickens, the readers are drawn into an intellectual challenge of piecing the puzzles together to fully grasp the depth of the novel.

It is important to note that the novel might not be aimed at people who are not familiar with the comic book genre. Appreciating the profundity of this comic book necessitates knowledge about genre and exposure to other graphic novels. Since Watchmen is a hard read, it is easy for someone unfamiliar wit the world of comic books to be lost in the ebbs of symbolisms and themes.

Watchmen is a great alternative to comic fans tired of the usual goody-two-shoe and perfect hero stories. Although this is a difficult to decode for beginners, for comic book enthusiasts, this is a knockout.